Smiling everyday keeps the doctor away!
What’s up ya’ll? This is Jackie O., the First Lady of Fitness, Fashion, and Fun. Today, I am writing about the basics of eating and taking you back to grade school with the food pyramid.
Food Pyramid
An overwhelming amount of both natural and highly processed foods are available at the market and grocery stores. The choices can be overwhelming! To guide people in picking healthy food items, the US Department of Agriculture has designed the food pyramid. It is a labeled illustration, shaped like a pyramid, which demonstrates groups of essential food types and the quantity in which a normal individual requires each of these foods.
At the base of the food pyramid are such food items are ready sources of energy. These foods are rich in starch, low in fat, and include cereals, pasta, bread, and different types of grains.
Image by Simon Howden
By the specifications of the food pyramid, a normal adult individual needs 6 to 11 servings of these items daily. Whole grains are the best and healthiest food of this group. In a single serving of these foods you can include a slice of bread, a cup of cereal flakes, one flat tortilla, and one ounce of rice or pasta.
As the geometry of the food pyramid shows, vegetables and fruits are required in less quantity than carbohydrates. Normally, a grown person would need 3 to 5 servings of vegetables and 2 to 4 servings of fruits daily.
Image by Suvro Datta
The high fiber content of vegetables and fruits make them ideal food items as fiber keeps the bowel movements in order. In addition, they are both rich in vitamins (required for immunity and general health) and minerals, which ensure the proper functioning of various body organs. Among vegetables, go for more dark green vegetables and try to pick fresh fruits instead of fruit juices.
Next upper chamber in the food pyramid is occupied by proteins and dairy products. You need 2 to 3 servings daily of each of these foods.
Image by Suat Eman
Protein comes from lean meat, eggs, fish, beans, and nuts. It is advisable to remove the visible fat on the meat so as to make it a low fat item.
Image by FreeDigitalPhotos.net Admin
Be moderate in using nuts, since they also hold fats. Among the dairy products, milk is the complete diet with most of the required vitamins and minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Cheese and yogurt are also recommended dairy foods. Try to abstain from high intake of ice cream and cheese that is high in fat.
Lastly, at the top of the food pyramid lie fats, including oils, and sweets. The recommended quantity of these items is limited to sparing use.
Image by Suat Eman
Butter, cream, oils, candies, margarines etc., are all foods that are not easy to digest and hence should be used in minimal amounts. However, it is an important part of our diet, just as all the other parts of the food pyramid are important as well.
we usually don’t read blogs but my husband told me this is a exception which I think it truly is. I’m in middle of writing a article myself called UniqueHoodia.com Review and I know it’s not a simple task.Anyways thanks for making the internet a better place to be!
Just wanted to give you a shout from the valley of the sun, great information. Much appreciated.
Sure you can Danielle! THanks so much!
Thanks so much Hong! I hope you visit my site again soon!
Thanks so much!
Nice Info . Do you mind if I talk about this post in my blog. You and your blog will surely get the credit
Awesome Blog. I add this Blog to my bookmarks.
your post is useful to me,i have add to my bookmark.
nice article, i just finished bookmarking it for later. i would love to revisit on future articles. how do i set up the rss again? thanks so much!
Hi buddy, glad I found this page to be honest. I found the info amazing. It’s the first time I’ve been around here on this domain but I’ll be sure to visit back whenever I can in the future. I wish you the best and keep it coming buddy.
The less processed food is the better it is for you. So a big dish of crunchy raw veggies is a must for summer nibbles. I love grilled swordfish with chilli and a big salad.
So Great! I need some infos in this post for my rapport de stage. Can i have your contact please? I need your permission to quote it
. Anyway, That’s great job. Keep going.
Boomarking now thanks, do you have a RSS feed ?
Don´t consider every positive comment as spam, its not – but here my two cents. It´s all about fitness mates! Or what do you think? I like this site and it has shown me some sort of inspiration to succeed for some reason, so thank you. Moreover I´m definitely considering writing these figures in my own blog!
Learn how to take control of your own healthy by using these Healthy Weight Loss Tips on back2fit.
Losing weight without exercise is one of the most widely used statements in the weight loss industry. Is diet better than exercise? Is it possible to lose weight and keep it off without any kind of activity at all? Well, the answer to that is NO. Exercising is a very important factor and dieting alone will not help you lose weight. To lose weight you need to have caloric deficit. There are two ways how you can do that. One is to decrease the amount of calories you consume (eat less). The other is to increase the amount of calories you burn (exercise more).
, This information is really good and I will say will always be helpful if we try it risk free? So if you can back it up ! That will really help us all. And this might bring some good repute to you. The diet of human beings prior to the arrival of agriculture, technology and civilization is known as the Paleolithic Diet ? This Stone Age diet, in short, consisted of mainly lean red meat and vegetables. In this type of diet animal meat is consumed in large quantities and 45 to 65% of the energy needed by the body is derived from it. Over and over again, life expectancy studies related to diet, including by the World Health Organization (WHO), have concluded that Americans and Europeans would do better to eat more like third world peoples as the options provided by their additional wealth have most often lead to poor nutritional choices. This is the same basis for the USDA based their popular food pyramid in 1993 ! Researchers at Harvard have only suggested perhaps tweaking the food pyramid by replacing some dairy products and read meat with more fruits, vegetables, and fish while also emphasizing the importance of improving the ratio of “good” to “bad” cholesterol! Plus, exercise not only makes weight loss much easier, but also lowers blood glucose levels, decreases blood pressure, improved circulation, and increases one’s metabolism. Good regular sleep patterns are also just as important. Diets based on USDA recommendations include DASH, American Diabetic Assoc, Weight Watchers, and Jenny Craig, When children understand how important “real food” is and where the natural ingredients of our food come from, they will increase the general population’s appreciation for preserving our natural environment and limiting toxins and polluting processes in our world. We may even trend back to the time when people stepped outside their homes to interact with family and neighbors in home and community gardens and block-party barbeques!! Does anybody even remember how nice those days were?